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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1946

Page

8

Oak Hill Lions Club Sets Style Show For April 4

Oak Hill Lions Club named committees for a style show on April 4 at the Oak Hill meeting last night. Housing committee includes Frank Shipe Albert Lilly Ernest McCoy. talent committee members S D Morton H N Collier G G Kincaid. ticket committee J H Gray W W Ferrell F W Dickerson A H Hazlett R T Scott P B Miller. program committee members A H Hazlett R T Scott P B Miller. merchant committee E N Goode R P Pharris. publicity committee John Scott Ray Jenkins. beauty contest conducted by Paul Fulks and Margaret Jasper. stage committee L A Frazier Julien Olger Frank C Thomas. announcer J B Thompson with assistance from John Frisk. ushers listed.

Register Oak Hill S. D. Morton Oak Hill Club Frank Shipe Albert Lilly Ernest McCoy H. N. Collier G. G. Kincaid J. H. Gray W. W. Ferrell F. W. Dickerson A. H. Hayzlett R. T. Scott P. B. Miller Merchant's E. N. Goode R P. Pharris John Scott Ray Jenkins Paul Fulks Margaret Jasper L. A. Frazier Julien Olger Frank C. Thomas J. B. Thompson John Frisk J. R. Lilly Joe E. Williams Robert Flack C. P. White J. R. Woods M. W. Pugh R. E. Cavendish D. C. Newell Baird Martin Bill Francow Joe N. Garrett W. W. Davis D. D. Whitney Tracy Moses T. S. Rice A. H. Kinzer Beckley Club

Higginbotham Rites To Be Held Sunday

Funeral services for Loren Higginbotham 29 of Kathryn are set for 2 30 p m Sunday at his brother in law Don Thomas home in Whipple with Rev L M Legg officiating. Burial will be at Highlawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Higginbotham died after being struck by a coal loading machine at Laurel Smokeless Coal Co mine in Kathryn Wednesday night. he died instantly before fellow miners could reach him.

Register Kathryn Loren Higginbotham Laurel Smokeless Coal Company Don Thomas Whipple L. M. Legg Highlawn Memorial Park Oak Hill Higginbotham

Oak Hill High welcomes new Commercial Club members

A March meeting at Oak Hill High School initiated 22 new Commercial Club members. Eligibility required enrollment in secretarial or bookkeeping courses and approval by current members and the faculty advisor. New members include Nina Fitzpatrick Norma Russell Anna Belle Taylor Margie McClung Betty Wallace Mary Lesco Gloria Estep Lillian Rhodes Mary McNeely Joline Yablonski Helen Barnette Alice Rapp Gene Green Robert Wood and Ernest Parrish.

Register OAK Hill Commercial Club Oak Hill High School Nina Fitzpatrick Norma Russell Anna Belle Taylor Margie McClung Betty Wallace Mary Lesco Gloria Estep Lillian Rhodes Mary McNeely Joline Yablonski Helen Barnette Alice Rapp Gene Green Robert Wood Ernest Parrish

Oak Hill High to Host Spring Formal Dance Tonight

The Press Club of Oak Hill High School will entertain guests at a spring formal dance in the high school gymnasium at 8 p.m. tonight. Miss Zetta Williams is the club sponsor.

Register OAK Hill Press Club Oak Hill High School Zetta Williams

Assault charge fines in Oak Hill hearing

Ralph Ferguson of Minden drew a five dollar fine plus costs on assault charges at a hearing before Magistrate W H Level in Oak Hill. Officer Virgil Lyons was the arresting officer.

Register Oak Hill Ralph Ferguson Minden W H. Level Virgil Lyons

Temperature soars to 70 in Oak Hill

Official weather observation reports yesterday's high at 70 degrees in Oak Hill with a low around 39 degrees. The report notes the notable warmth for the area and documents the temperature range.

Register Oak Hill

Reich to Take Over DP's In American Zone

Berlin report states as of July 1 the German authorities in the American zone will assume full responsibility for displaced persons and enemy civilian detainees. The move follows the economics division of the American Military Government announcing the transfer of duties.

Reich Associated Press Berlin

Public library book may teach many in its lifetime

A public library book can reach as many as 250 readers over its lifespan, illustrating the broad educational role of lending libraries in communities and the lasting impact of shared volumes.

Romance Of Collecting Theme Of Fayette Club Meet

Fayette Study Club in Oak Hill heard Mrs. G G Hodges present Romance of Collecting and view her glass ware collection at the home of Mrs W E Lawton Mount Hope. Guests included Miss Jane Laird and Mrs Hodges mother Mrs Goins. other attendees listed.

Fayette Club Register OAK Hill Fayette Study Club G. G. Hodges W. E. Lawton Mount Hope C. P. Anderson W. C. Bishop Charles

Man Not Created Puppet Declares Bishop Strider

Bishop R. E. L. Strider told pre Easter union services at the First Methodist Church that humans are not puppets but individuals capable of standing on their own. He compared the human race to college students facing temptations and dangers, noting God wants freedom and responsibility in lines from the Lord's Prayer.

R. E. L. Strider First Methodist Church Strider West Virginia Episcopal Church Earth Heaven God

Cakes Without Sugar Feature Recipe for Quick Spice Cake

A sugar free cake feature explains using a new corn syrup to create moist quick spice cake. Detailed instructions list ingredients such as corn syrup, cake flour, spices, shortening, eggs, and milk with two baking stages and a sugarless icing recipe.

Massey Funeral Rites Held At Bellwood Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Massey 64 were held at 2 p.m. in Bellewood with the Rev B Wallace officiating. Burial followed in End of the Trail Cemetery. She is survived by her husband Hubert a son Ernest Massey and other relatives including three brothers and eight sisters.

Register Bellewood Marie Massey Laird Memorial Hospital Montgomery Wallace and Wallace B. Wallace Trail Hubert Ernest Massey

Resturants Continued From Page 5 Recommendations

A government agency authorized a bread and bakery weight reduction up to 10 percent last week without a price cut. The measure targets meat black markets, prompted by difficulties packers face buying cattle at legal prices, an O. P. A. official said.

GM Worker Hard Hit By 114 Day Strike Ends

DETROIT Mrs Joseph Bono describes the strain of a 114 day GM walkout on her family. She, her husband a GM worker since 1932, Lila and three year old Carl endured rationing as wages and bonds funded essentials. She hopes he is recalled soon while recalling how bonds and savings disappeared.

Associated Press Detroit Joseph Bono General Motors Joe Lila Carl Bono G.M

Coleman Funeral Held In Oak Hill

Mrs. Bertha Rodes Coleman aged 85 died at her Oak Hill home from a heart attack. Funeral services were at Oak Hill Methodist Church with Revs. A A Angle and Smith Rose officiating. Burial in Highlawn Memorial Park. Born Cunard February 21 1881 she was a Methodist. Survived by husband G N Coleman two sisters Mrs J W Smathers and Mrs J K Shackelford and one niece Mrs Anna Taylor who lived with the couple after her mother’s death.

Register Oak Hill Bertha Rodes Coleman Oak Hill Methodist Church A. A. Angle Smith Rose Highlawn Memorial Park Coleman Cunard Methodist

Mount Hope Lions Visit Welch Club

Mount Hope Lions members C. E. Jones Garland Potter Lloyd G. Fitzgerald and Ralph W Bailey deputy district governor visited the Welch Lions club for a Wednesday night meeting. Bailey outlined features of the new Mount Hope Lions Club House for an April 9 district meeting with about 200 Lions and ladies expected to attend.

Register Mount Hope Bailey Lion Bailey Welch Club Lions Club

NAACP Meeting Set For Sunday Afternoon

The New River Chapter of the NAACP will meet at Hilltop Baptist Church on Sunday at 3 p.m. Special music will be performed by Philip King Jr of Beckley.

Register Hilltop New River N.A.A.C.P Hilltop Baptist Church Philip King, Jr Beckley

Six Trees Planted as World War II Memorial on Memory Lane

The Business and Professional Women's Club Memory Lane project buys six trees to be planted along State Highway 19 in memory of county service members. Gifts come from Mr. and Mrs. R E Murray East Beckley for Captain George E Murray Staff Sgt Kathryn Murray and Robert E Murray. Mr. and Mrs. L W McClung Beckley for Pvt Glenn E McClung MIA since 1943. Mrs Roy Eye Beckley for Howard Edward Eye. and Miss Cleta Wood for Sgt Compton W Cummings. Committee members include Miss Helen Granita Miss Madge Richardson Miss Voilet Feazell and Miss Everal Winchell.

Business and Professional Women’s Club Memory Lane R. E. Murray East Beckley George E. Murray Kathryn Murray Robert E Murray Navy L. W McClung Beckley Glenn E. McClung Roy Eye Howard Edward Eye Cleta Wood Compton W. Cummings Helen Granita Madge Richardson Voilet Feazell Everal Winchell Club

Fined for discharging gun on public road in Oak Hill

Paul Bennett of Summerlee was fined 10 dollars and costs by Magistrate W H Level on charges of discharging a gun on a public road. Virgil Lyons led the arresting officer.

Register Oak Hill Paul Bennett Summerlee W. H. Level Virgil Lyons

Student Bill Cole Returns Home for Spring Vacation

Oak Hill resident H R Cole welcomed Baylor Military Academy cadet Bill Cole home in Chattanooga Tennessee for spring break. Across more than a thousand hospitals including federal and civilian sites about fifty thousand American Red Cross Hospital and Recreation Corps members organize patient recreation programs.

Register Oak Hill Bill Cole Baylor Military Academy Chattanooga Tennessee H. R. Cole American Red Cross Hospital and Recreation Corps

Red Cross Aids Servicemen in Filing Benefit Claims

In separation centers Red Cross workers assist servicemen and women in filing claims for government benefits.

Red Cross

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